From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2000 08:51:26 +0000 From: "Douglas A. Gwyn" Message-ID: <394717BD.58E79E16@null.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: <1719cf6f.8ee9f2e4@usw-ex0102-016.remarq.com> Subject: [9fans] Re: Compare Plan9/Linux/xxxBSD Topicbox-Message-UUID: bb18c720-eac8-11e9-9e20-41e7f4b1d025 bad_packet wrote: > ... Have read some of the documentation, however still a bit > fuzy on "why" one would use it ... If you read the introductory paper that is the first one in Vol. 2 of the documentation (available on-line at the Plan 9 Web site) and still don't see its advantages, then probably you'd be wasting your time worrying any further about it. John Carmack has been quoted as calling Plan 9 "achingly beautiful"..